Vehicle-wheel.



F. BARTA, In VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION 1 11.21; 4110. 27, 1913.

P tnted Apr. 1, 1913.

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attonmug through the wheel, and Fig. 4 is a fragmenjtary View looking at the periphery of the STATES rATENTr FF-10E;

.saara,.m., or pmmrmnn, non'rm- To it may concern) .Be it known that I, FRANK BARTA, Jr, a

citizen .of the United States of America, re-

siding at Deerfield, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Wheels, of which the following isa specification.-

a This invention relates to improvements in vehicle wheels and has particular appli},

cation to spring wheels. 5

In carryingoutthe present invention, it

' is my purpose to .provide a Wheel whereby the use of. pneumatic tires and the' like are eliminated and which will possess the qua-l1- ties of a rubber tiredwheel and avoid the objections inherent therein incident to punctures, blow-outs and the like.

Furthermore, I aim to provide aspring.

wheel which may "be readily knocked down or taken apart for repairs in. the event that one or more of the springs should'become fractured or broken thereby'enabling the repairinglof such spring or the replacing thereof as the case maybe.

It is also mypurpose to' provide a wheel of.the class described-which will embracethe desired features of 'simplicity, eflicieno'y'" and 'durability'coupled with cheapness of cost in manufacturing and marketing and: which will operate effectively to preventthe transmission of shocks or ars to the vehicle to which the wheel is applied. j

With the above and other objects in View,

.35the invention consists in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth in and fallingqwithinthe scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawingb-"Figurel. is a side elevation of a vehicle wheel con;

structed in accordance with the present invention.. Fig. 2 is'a similar View, one of the side plates of the wheel being removed and parts brokenv away. ,Fig. .3 is arr-enlarged fragmentary transverse sectional -YieW wheel. Referring now to "the accompanying- VEHICLE-WHEEL.

drawing in detail, the numeral 1 indicates." the hub of the wheel constructed in any-- suitable manner and adapted to fitupon the spindle end of a vehicle axle, while2'de notes 'the spokes radiating from the hub.- '55 Connected to the free ends of the'sp'okes- 2;

'- is an inner ring 3'formed, in :the present in formed in the bottom. wall thereof rattan Ap 1, Application filed August 27,1912. Serial No.71 7, 885.': x

s w th a peripheral channel 4 that transversely alining' bores, .5, 5 suitably spaced apart about the circumference of the ring. Arranged concentrically of'theinner.

.ring 3 and spaced aparttherefrom a suite;

able distance is an. outer ring 6-.pro'vided with a circumferential channel 7 in the in; ner face thereof, the walls'of such channel.

being provided withaxially alining;-,:bores 8, 8 spaced apart about the ring Inter posed between the juxtaposed surfaces of the'rings 3 and Gate springs 9 each, in

the present instance, of substantially U shape and having. the. opposite ends thereof,

turned upon 'themselvesto provide,v eyes 10-,

10. One eye terminal-of each springis disposed within the'channel 7 'in' the i-nner'gsurs face of the'outer ring ,6cand" alines with a pair of axially alining. openings 8, .8..,in the walls ofhsuch. channel and throughthe alining openings 8, 8' and the respective eye" terminals of thespringsj-are" passed headed.

bolts fl l having nuts '12" threaded onto "theshanks thereof. The opposite "eye-. t er inina'ls of the springs are exposed within-jthe -chanvnel 4; in the inner ring'3 and thete'rminalr of each spring is arranged between the bores 8 transverse-1y al ning bores 5, 51h the nner 5, 5 of the transversely 'alining pair'.' .These ring or the wheel, carry clamp h ia e" passedthrough "the respective terminals? of: i the springs andserve to securely -hold the latter to, theinner ring; Each c lampcbInprises an. angle -boltf13ihavinglaavertical threaded leg 14. passedjthroughone bore of.

the respective alining pairfancl'icarrvi'n'g a k nut. 15' an the, threaded extremity thereof, whilethe horiaental'legflfi of such angle bolt is passed through: .the .eye "terminal. of the respective spr-ing and ==disposedf lwithini' the eye "portion 117 '0 .ari- 'ey e "bolt- 18 having a threaded shanki 19 passed through. the other bore of therespective-pair anew-my ing a nut-'20. Thus,.by'-?loosenin[gthenuts' -l5 1 and 20 of each, clamp, the angle landfeye'. bolts constituting such -'clamp be with-:-

. 'drawn from "the: respective bor'sYand {this tennin-al i of the. spring detached; njom the [inner ring. 1020 completelyremoveIthe spring from the "wheel, "the holtl'l holding the other end thereof *g-tothe outerfi-ring, is

..withdrawn', as -willbe reaauyanaersma each spring'within" t-heehannelrfii the ner ring 3, and the vlowerwall-fo l?asneh ch'an .II Iterpo'sed. between the eye' arm-inn of 'nelQis s Wearplate 21 having open cqs therein alining with the cores in the channel so that the bolts of the IQSPE-CUVQ clamping --.lement may be passed tlierethroiigh this Wear plate eliminatiilgcontact bet's'een the lower wall of the channel and the respze-i.

terminal of the spring, thereby tiVOidlIlg mutilation of the inner spring under the action of the terminal ot the spring. I

The peripheral or trend sort "1- 01 he outer ring 6 is preferably proi 'idc'. with gripping shoes 22 which, in the present in.

stance, are V-shaped and testeiied "to the tread surfer-e ofthe said ring through the medium of screws23. I

At one side of theasseiiibled-Wheel :i

' ring-like plate 24 fitted within an annular rabhet '25 in the respective side edge of the, outer ring 6, the plate 24 being Pl'OYit Withholt holes adjacent to its pcripherzu. edge'which are adaptedito aline with the sin'iilar holes 8 in. the respective side wall ofthe, channel '7 and receive the bolts 1L While a similar plate 26 is fastened to the wther side Wall of the Wheelin a nmhner dentical to thesecurmg on? the plate 2 theseplatesl, being oi? ring-like construction,

permit-ting relative moveinent of the rings ccnstituting'the wheel so as to eliminate the transmission of shocks and jars.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the constructionand manner of: employing my invention will. be readily apparent. It

will he semi that I hm eprovided a, spring- Whcci which may be readily taken apart for repairs and which will op ""te effectively to prevent the transmission of jar or shock to the body of the vehicle to which the wheel. is applied. 7

While I have herein shown and described one preferred form oi my invention by v, ev

of illustration, I desire it to he understood that I do not limit or confine myself to the c j fis c1: cons scribed and iicliiiiiiated, as 0 on and variation may he made Wit n the scope of the claim and witches depwtihg from the spirit of the invention.

.l claim:

A wheel comprising so inner ring inning in l s 'circiuntferential channel in the periphery thereof and provided with pairs; of trans Tersely slicing bores in the bot'tc-n'i Willl oil the channel, s ooter ring disposed. concentrically of the inner ring and spaced apart tlieri-iit'roni and having a circumferential channel in. the inner surface thereof pro sided with axially alining bores in the side Walls thereof, said l sstmemed ring having the side Walls thereof formed with annular rebhetg ring-like plates disposed. Within sai rehbet-ed portions end embracing said firstnamed ring springs interposed between said rings and having the ends thereof disposed 111 said channel, bolts passed through the lowing a threaded shank passed through the remaining bore ofthe respective pair and receiving the fre end of the horizontal leg)" of said angle bolt, and nuts on the threaded portions of said bolts.

In testimony Wi'iereof I affix. my signw ture in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK BARTA, JR.

Witness-es:

Josilr Noses,

Josue l1. lies ATRIS. 

